xThe governor during the induction had envisaged increased productivity once chaotic traffic situation in Lagos was overcome. At the last two spots, traffic officers from the Central Business District are also on duty, claiming to be controlling traffic. Unlike in Mile 2 where there are a number of traffic officers on duty, at Alakija, there are usually no traffic officers. The worse hit areas are Volks and Iyana-Iba Bus-stops, where because there are just one or two traffic officers controlling traffic, motorists spend hours on a journey that should not take more than three minutes. If any, they were emergency traffic officers that got held up in traffic, and leave the scene immediately their vehicle is cleared off the traffic.

Source: The Guardian July 11, 2021 04:15 UTC